SFO probes scandal at Torex

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The chief executive of the troubled technology company has gone into hiding after blowing the whistle. Louise Armitstead and John Waples investigate what went wrong

AS SOON as Neil Mitchell saw them, he knew he was being followed. It was broad daylight last Monday morning but Mitchell, chief executive of Torex Retail, the troubled technology company, wanted to run. His options were limited: he was only halfway down the long underpass leading to Marble Arch Tube station, there were no exits and he was hampered by two large briefcases.

The 42-year-old Scot quickened his pace and, turning a bend, sprinted off as fast as he could. To his horror the two men, described to police as military types with “black puffed jackets”, gave chase at